Lake Basics
Fly fishers who fish lakes need to understand how a lake functions. Many years ago, while guiding Eagle…
Lance started fly fishing with his father and brother Lincoln at age 7. In his teens, he began tying flies commercially for shops all around Northern California. At 17, he went to work at Powell’s Fly Shop in Chico, working in the shop and building rods. In 2003 Lance and his wife, Kirsten, launched Lance Gray & Company, a full-service outfitter offering guided trips, fly-fishing tours, workshops, and a travel agency. Lance is a signature tyer for Aqua Flies, a pro staff member for Sage, RIO, Simms, Fishpond, and Umpqua Feather Merchants, and conducts presentations at fly clubs and fly-fishing shows. Lance writes the “Foraging Angler” column for the magazine, getting helpful input from his wife, Kirsten.
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Rigging Like a Guide
I’m a guide, and guides get to hear a lot about what fly fishers want to know. We’re…
Shad: A Primer
On a balmy spring day in early May, I was driving my old truck along Highway 45, which…
The Fab Four
In a way, Interstate 5 is purgatory for fly fishers, a long, usually hot and dry route that…
The Foraging Angler: Up I-5: Dining in the Northern Sacramento Valley
In my younger years, it was all about the fish — and it still is. But getting older…
Fly Fishing Eagle Lake
The person who said that the worst day fishing beats the best day working never fished Eagle Lake…
Wading the Lower Sacramento
The Lower Sacramento River is one of the best trout fisheries on the West Coast, a big, fast…
Lake Almanor’s Hex Hatch
One June evening, while I was locking the front door to a fly shop in Chico, a pickup…
Feather River Metal
The feather river has seen many changes, some good, some bad. Some were brought by fortune seekers during…